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He also whooped Zeppelin's butt with his original of "Gallow's Pole." Because he's just bad-arse. He's killed men for trying to best him at his own songs. Ask Kurt Cobain. One day, he topped Leadbelly on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" The next day? Boom!

He also whooped Zeppelin's butt with his original of "Gallow's Pole." Because he's just bad-arse. He's killed men for trying to best him at his own songs. Ask Kurt Cobain. One day, he topped Leadbelly on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" The next day? Boom!

Yes, I've been looking up some of the songs that were the roots of Zeppelin tunes. The Leadbelly version was called "Gallis Pole". I came across "Midnight Special" while looking that up, as well as "Rock Island Line", which I remember from a Johnny Horton live album I listened to as a child. He died young too. Don't mess with Leadbelly.

I saw Credence Clearwater Revisted at the Northwest Washington Fair in August 2011. Around that time I discovered the song "Bootleg", which I don't know if I had heard before. It quickly became one of my favorite CCR songs.